Cooking in the Camper

I am trying to use my crock-pot often in the camper, so when we have had a full day of touring we can eat immediately. Our mornings can be challenging because my kids like to eat pretty soon after waking up. Me on the other hand, I need a minute just to get my eyes opening and functioning so I decided to make this crock-pot breakfast casserole.

1lb breakfast sausage
1 pepper (green, orange or red)
1 small onion
1 small bag hash brown cubes
1 bag shredded cheddar
1 dozen eggs
1/2 cup milk
Salt and pepper to taste

1. Brown one pound of breakfast sausage and drain on paper towels, BUT keep the grease in the pan.

2. Saute the chopped pepper and onions in the reserved sausage grease until soft. Drain on a paper towel.

SPRAY THE CROCK-POT with cooking spray. DO NOT forget this step or you will hate clean up. Layer hashbrowns, sausage, peppers & onions, and cheese a few times.

Whisk eggs, milk, salt and pepper and pour over layered casserole.

When we woke up in the morning we had a fabulous breakfast and all I had to do was dish it up. Lots of thumbs up around here!

One of our kiddos has a dairy allergy so I substituted almond milk and left the cheese out. I topped everyone's casserole individually with the cheese they could have. 

Oct. 5th Niagara Falls

Today, the boys and I toured the aquarium and Kelly joined us later for an IMAX of the history of Niagara and the tour The Cave of the Winds.

The boys really enjoyed the sea lion show.

They look thrilled don't they. They really did want their picture take, but you would never know it by looking.

Our family picture at the top of horseshoe falls. 

Found some elderberries on the side of the trail. I really wanted to pick them because they are a great immune booster.

At the base of American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls.

Iphones are great for self portraits!

The amount of water that comes over these falls is impressive. 

The boys giggled a lot when the water splashed on their feet. They were cute.

Our lovely sandals they gave us to wear.

Riding the elevator back up from the Cave of the Winds tour.

 We left Niagara and headed towards Vermont. The boys did not know where we were headed next, but Kristofer was building a strong case as to why we need to visit his best friend Chase. I was laughing pretty hard because we were heading to their house next. Our campsite for the night was at a rest stop.

Breakfast of champions. Dunkin Donuts.

Next Stop! Williston Vermont!

Oct. 4th Niagara Falls

We had lunch at the top of Horseshoe falls and it was windy!

The top of horseshoe falls with the mist spraying up.

"We have to do silly faces!" said three silly boys.

Kristofer decided he was strong enough to hold the tower in the palm of his hand.

The squirrels are black at Niagara.

Enjoying the trolley ride.

They had to hang on for dear life on the observation tower because the wind was so strong.

The wind is not making for a good hair day.

We rode the boat The Maid of the Mist today and London started frieking out when we started putting on the ponchos. He is my sensory sensitive kiddo and they were pretty crinkly. Not to mention, I have stressed to NEVER put a trash bag over your head and it looked like that is what I was asking him to do. After he calmed down he was very happy to ride the boat.

If you look closely Kolton is in the picture too. The shadow of his poncho was overshadowing him.

The base of American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls.

I love how the bird flew right into my picture.I think this is one of my favorite scenery pictures.

Seeing all the rainbows in the mist was awesome!

Soaking wet, but happy about the boat ride.

The boys with the captain and Kristofer got to hold his walkie-talkie.

Oct. 3rd Niagara Falls

As we were traveling through Pennsylvania wine country we tried to find a winery, but found lake Erie instead.

We stayed at Niagara County Camping Resort and it was a great camp about 40 minutes away from the falls.

The first day was raining so we spent time getting the camper in order and doing a little school. The next day we were getting ready to head to the aquarium and we met our neighbor campers and the boys were playing so well we decided to let them play.

I know this hill doesn't look that big they are riding down, but it is bigger than anything they have ever ridden down and it about stopped my heart. They did great and there were no accidents.

They had a great time playing in the leaves with their new friends.

And playing on the pirate ship.

The leaves are just starting to turn here in New York. Fall is my favorite season!

We had dinner with the Blair's and headed to see the falls at night.

I was so fascinated, and creeped out, by the bazillion spiders that were on the pedestrian bridge railing. It was totally covered in them.

We all had a great time seeing the falls at night.